Dayton Freight plans Minnesota expansion

Dayton Freight Lines is looking to add a large freight terminal in Minnesota. The Dayton-based trucking company has submitted plans for an 87,000-square-foot center in Coon Rapids, Minn., according to ABC Newspapers.

The center would include 143 truck docks, office space and a maintenance building, the newspaper reports.

The city’s planning commission recently tabled the project as its wraps up traffic and site analysis.

Dayton Freight, which dates back to 1981, is the 17th-largest company in the Dayton region with $326 million in 2011 revenue, according to Dayton Business Journal research. The company has more than 2,000 employees, including about 270 in the Dayton region. The Minnesota center — north of Minneapolis — would be its third in the state.